Valerie Hans is the Charles F. Rechlin Professor of Law at Cornell Law School [1] and has been the editor of the Annual Review of Law and Social Science .[2] She is trained as a social scientist, and her major areas of study are the jury system, jury reform, and the application of social science to law.[1]
Career
Hans' area of study is on the jury system, conducting social science-based empirical studies on legal decision making, particularly focusing on jury decisions.[3] She has authored or edited seven books and written scholarly publications that are listed among the highest rated in terms of scholarly impact.[4]
Hans serves as a co-editor for the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies [5] and was the president of the Law and Society Association for a two-year term beginning in June 2015.[6] She was awarded the group's Stan Wheeler Mentorship Award in 2012.[7]
Hans has appeared as a commentator in news publications and programs on the jury system and juror behavior during prominent public trials such as the Boston Marathon bombing trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ,[8] and other prominent cases.[9]
Publications
Selected books authored or edited
Hans, Valerie; Robbennolt, Jennifer (2015). The Psychology of Tort Law . New York: NYU Press . ISBN 9781479814183 .
Hans, Valerie; Vidmar, Niel (2007). American Juries: The Verdict . New York: Prometheus Books . ISBN 978-1591025887 .
Hans, Valerie (2006). The Jury System: Contemporary Scholarship . Hampshire, England: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0754625049 .
Hans, Valerie (2000). Business on Trial: The Civil Jury and Corporate Responsibility . New Haven: Yale University Press . ISBN 978-0300082067 .
Hans, Valerie; Vidmar, Neil (1986). Judging the Jury . New York: Plenum Press . ISBN 978-0738205748 .
Selected publications
Hans, V. P.; Blume, J. H.; Eisenberg, T.; Hritz, A. C.; Johnson, S. L.; Royer, C. E.; Wells, M. T. (2015). "The death penalty: Should the judge or the jury decide who dies?" . Journal of Empirical Legal Studies . 12 : 70–99. doi :10.1111/jels.12065 . S2CID 155520969 .
Hans, V. P. (2014). "Reflections on the Korean jury trial". Journal of Korean Law . 14 : 81–115.
Hans, V. P. (2014). "The impact of victim participation in Saiban-in trials in Japan: Insights from the American jury experience". International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice . 42 (2): 103–116. doi :10.1016/j.ijlcj.2013.07.002 .
Hans, V. P. (2014). "What's it worth? Jury damage awards as community judgments". William & Mary Law Review . 55 : 935–969.
Hans, V. P. (2012). "What difference does a jury make?". Yonsei Law Journal . 3 : 36–54.
Johnson, S.L.; Blume, J.; Eisenberg, T.; Hans, V.P.; Wells, M. T. (2012). "The Delaware death penalty: An empirical study" . Iowa Law Review . 97 : 1925–1964.
Hans, V. P.; Reyna, V. F. (2011). "To dollars from sense: Qualitative to quantitative translation in jury damage awards" . Journal of Empirical Legal Studies . 8 : 120–147. doi :10.1111/j.1740-1461.2011.01233.x . S2CID 678343 .
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